Scrappy Stuff

Hello Everyone!!

I hope you are having a "sweet" day so far.  According to holidayinsights.com, today is Chocolate Mint Day.  I ADORE chocolate, but not a huge fan of mint chocolate.  Don't get me wrong, I'll still eat it. :D

Well, today I am sharing a "sweet" birthday card.  I made this card with my scrap pieces.  I have large, medium, & small zip lock bags with scrap pieces.  One of my mottos is: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Repurpose.  So I hate to waste paper, or anything for that matter.  I have made about 4 dozen gift tags out of my scraps, but I've been trying to think of other ways to use them.
 
This card was made with all scraps, except the base.

 

(Supplies: cardstock, pattern paper, sequins, ink, sticker- from my stash, stamp- Papertrey Ink)

Here are a couple of my scrap tags:

(Supplies: cardstock, pattern paper, sequins, sentiment stamp- Hampton Art, sticker, banner punch- Fiskars)

So how do you use your scraps?
Well, time for me to skedaddle.  Have a great, sweet day. :D

Happy Crafting,
Angie

Oh, Boy!

Howdy Y'all!!!

How was your Christmas?  Are you recuperating from all the busyness of it?  I was finally able to breathe at the end, and I even had time to visit a good friend of mine.  :D

Well, let's carry one with the craftiness.  :)  Today I am sharing some baby projects that I am entering into the City Crafter Challenge Blog. 

First, a simple tag:

And second, a gift bag: 

 



(Supplies for both projects: Cameo machine, pattern paper, cardstock, sequins, gel pen, stickers, rub on letters, vellum, ribbon, stamps- Papertrey Ink, twine, button, sewing machine)



For the bottom part of the bag, I created a little shaker section with vellum and sequins.  I cut out the onesies with my Cameo machine and created some faux "stitching" around them with a gel pen.  

Well, friends, time for me to finish some chores.  Thank you so, so much for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Happy Crafting,

Angie

Rock the Tree

Hello All!

I can't believe half the week is gone!  I'm wondering where my time went.  Hmmm...

Well, today I have a couple of quick projects to share, a tag and a card.  These are really simple. 

Lately, I've been creating lots of tags for birthdays and holidays.  Most are pretty simple, as is this one, but the size is slightly bigger.  I used a left-over die cut from my Cameo for this one.  

(Supplies: cardstock, die cut shape, black pen)

Next, I have a card.  This too was made with a Cameo die cut.  I used a black pen for the "strings" and glitter glue for the "lights."  I stamped the gifts onto scratch paper, inked and cut them, then glued them to the card.

(Supplies: Cameo die cut, glitter glue- Martha Stewart, stamp- Studio G, ink (red and turquoise), black pen)

Well, crafty friends, I bid you good night and thank you for sharing some of your precious time with me.  :)

Happy Crafting,
Angie

BOO! and Christmas Trees

Hello All,

I hope everyone had a good back-to-school day yesterday.  Everyone I spoke to said it turned out better than expected.  Let's hope it stays that way throughout the year.  :)
Cath at the Moxie Fab World has posted some Christmas card and tag challenges.  But I decided to make a Halloween card since it arrives first. I rarely buy items for Halloween, so I didn't have much to add to my card. 
 

Supplies: black and orange cardstock, Doodlebug die-cut eyes, pattern paper, Martha Stewart glitter glue, sewing machine


I continue to experiment with my watercolors & watercolor pencils.  So here is a little Christmas tag using watercolors & the crayon resist technique.  I stamped the trees and colored the ornaments with watercolor pencils.  I used a white crayon for the clouds and white glitter for the snow.

Supplies: Recollections stamp, watercolors, watercolor pencils, Martha Stewart glitter glue

I guess I better make dinner so I'll close. :)  Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
Angie

Another Watercolor Card & Xmas tag

Hello Fabulous Crafters!

Today I am sharing another watercolor card.  It's a simple one, but I am enjoying playing around with this technique.  First, I painted my stamps with the watercolor & stamped them.  Then I inked only the edges of the stamp with a similar stamp pad color & stamped over the watercolor image.  I learned this technique from Erin Lincoln (I just can't remember her webpage.  Yikes!).  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

Here is another little Christmas tag that I made.  I was playing around with the bow trying to figure out how to place it.  But in the process, I ended up cutting too much of the ends.  Oh well, live and learn. 

Gotta run to a birthday party!  That's why I'm short on words, but thank you SOOO much for stopping by.

Happy Crafting,
Angie

Tags & Watercolor

Howdy Folks!

Well, I mentioned in my previous post that I am experimenting with watercolors.  So today I have another card using watercolors.  Now, I will confess that I am not an artist.  I inherited my father's drawing abilities (He's great with stick figures.  Sorry dad).  :-)  It's kind of sad when I'm illustrating a concept for my students & they end up more confused!  :-P  (I guess I should have taken the art class instead of drama.)...

For this card, I traced a die-cut of a butterfly.  Then I painted it with a turquoise watercolor. After it dried, I cut it out & added some glitter glue, which I like, but I also discovered that the glue actually makes the watercolor fade!!!  Guess I won't be doing that again!  Then I stamped 3 flowers & colored them in with watercolor pencils.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

For those of you who are Moxie Fab World followers, you know that Cath has several challenges going on.  One of the challenges is holiday gift tags.  So I created a little tag, but I am too sheepish to submit it.  (Have you seen all those fantastic submissions!!!)  But I will share it with you.  :)

 
 I used cute snowflake stamp from Stampendous! & a paper punch from Martha Stewart.

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a wonderful week.

Happy Crafting!
Angie